gecco award winners

7/31/2019 GECCO Award Winners

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GECCO 2012 Awards


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Graduate Student Workshop


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Graduate Student Workshop

Franois-Michel De Rainville RoboticSwarm Cooperation


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Competitions and Industrial Challenge


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GECCO 2012 Industrial Challenge

Oliver Flasch Martina Friese Thomas Bartz-Beielstein Wolfgang Konen

Jens Neuhalfen Pier Luca Lanzi Jorn Mehnen


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Prizes

GECCOChampionwww.geccocompetitions.com

and fame!


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And the winners are


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Industrial Challenge

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Mr 07 Mr 09 Mr 11 Mr 13

EnergyConsumption(kWh)

Rank Author Score (RMSE)

M1S1 M1S2 M2S1 M2S2 Mean

1 Stephan Hutterer 0.8792 0.8976 0.5733 0.5896 0.7349

2 Torsten Hildebrandt 0.8620 0.8996 0.5814 0.6158 0.7397

3 Jens Heger 0.8719 0.9202 0.5720 0.6291 0.7483

4 Gabriel Kronberger 0.9514 0.9305 0.6608 0.6217 0.7911

5 GreenPocket GmbH 1.1516 1.1963 0.6898 0.6043 0.91056 Stephan Winkler 0.9728 1.1860 0.6724 0.8368 0.9170

Stephan Hutterer (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria


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Humies


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2012 HumiesHuman-Competitive Results

Awards

$10,000 in prizesSponsored by Third Millennium On-Line

Products, Inc.

(and thanks to John Koza)


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Judges for 2012 Wolfgang Banzhaf

Erik Goodman Una-May OReilly Lee Spector Darrell Whitley

Entrants must have published result within the past year, andsatisfied one or more of 8 specified human-competitive criteria.

NOTE: This is a very difficult job, comparing apples to oranges, onmany criteria. Many submissions deserve recognition, but not all

can win.


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Honorable Mention

Two awardees (in alphabetical order):


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Honorable Mention

Uday Kamath

Amarda Shehu

Kenneth A. De Jong

Genetic Programming Based Feature Generationfor Automated DNA Sequence Analysis


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Honorable Mention

Ernesto Sanchez

Giovanni Squillero

Alberto Tonda

Automatic Generation of Software-basedFunctional Failing Test


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Bronze Award (and $2,000)


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Bronze Award (and $2,000)

Michael Dewey-Vogt

Stephanie Forrest

Claire Le Goues

Westley Weimer

Scalable Human-Competitive Software Repair


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Silver Award (and $3,000)


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Silver Award (and $3,000)

Richard A.J. Woolley

Julian Stirling

Philip Moriarty

Natalio Krasnogor

Adrian Radocea

Automated probe microscopy via evolutionaryoptimization at the atomic scale


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Gold Award (and $5,000)


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Gold Award (and $5,000)

Cameron Browne

Evolutionary Game Design

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Impact Award


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Best Paper Awards

B P A d ACO SI


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Best Paper Award: ACO-SIAnt Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence

Learning Fuzzy Cognitive Maps from Data byAnt Colony Optimization, Ye Chen, Lawrence J.Mazlack, Long J. Lu

Gaussian Mixture Modeling for DynamicParticle Swarm Optimization of RecurrentProblems, Eduardo Vellasques, RobertSabourin, Eric Granger

B t P A d ACO SI


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Best Paper Award: ACO-SIAnt Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence

Learning Fuzzy Cognitive Maps from Data byAnt Colony Optimization, Ye Chen, Lawrence J.Mazlack, Long J. Lu

Gaussian Mixture Modeling for DynamicParticle Swarm Optimization of RecurrentProblems, Eduardo Vellasques, RobertSabourin, Eric Granger

Best Paper Award: ALIFE


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Best Paper Award: ALIFEArtificial Life, Robotics and Evolvable Hardware

Hierarchical Task Decomposition ThroughSymbiosis in Reinforcement Learning, John A.Doucette, Peter Lichodzijewski, Malcolm I.Heywood

Comparison ofCommunication Strategies inCooperative Learning, Michael Solomon,Robert B. Heckendorn, Terence Soule

Best Paper Award: ALIFE


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Best Paper Award: ALIFEArtificial Life, Robotics and Evolvable Hardware

Hierarchical Task Decomposition ThroughSymbiosis in Reinforcement Learning, John A.Doucette, Peter Lichodzijewski, Malcolm I.Heywood

Comparison ofCommunication Strategies inCooperative Learning, Michael Solomon,Robert B. Heckendorn, Terence Soule

Best Paper Award: DETA+PES


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Best Paper Award: DETA+PESDigital Entertainment Technologies and Arts

Parallel Evolutionary Systems

Accelerating Human-Computer CollaborativeSearch Through Learning Comparative andPredictive User Models, S. Hornby, Josh C.Bongard

An Improved CUDA-Based Implementation ofDifferential Evolution on GPU, A. K. Qin,Federico Raimondo, Florence Forbes, Yew SoonOng

Best Paper Award: DETA+PES


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Best Paper Award: DETA+PESDigital Entertainment Technologies and Arts

Parallel Evolutionary Systems

Accelerating Human-Computer CollaborativeSearch Through Learning Comparative andPredictive User Models, S. Hornby, Josh C.Bongard

An Improved CUDA-Based Implementation ofDifferential Evolution on GPU, A. K. Qin,Federico Raimondo, Florence Forbes, Yew SoonOng

Best Paper Award: ECOM


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Best Paper Award: ECOMEvolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics

Evolutionary Algorithm with Solution Archivesand Bounding Extension for the GeneralizedMinimum Spanning Tree Problem, Bin Hu,Gnther R. Raidl

A Hybridization between Memetic Algorithmand Semidefinite Relaxation for the Max-CutProblem, Bo Song, Victor O. K. Li

Best Paper Award: ECOM


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Best Paper Award: ECOMEvolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics

Evolutionary Algorithm with Solution Archivesand Bounding Extension for the GeneralizedMinimum Spanning Tree Problem, Bin Hu,Gnther R. Raidl

A Hybridization between Memetic Algorithmand Semidefinite Relaxation for the Max-CutProblem, Bo Song, Victor O. K. Li

Best Paper Award: EDA+GDS


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Best Paper Award: EDA+GDSEstimation of Distribution Algorithms

Generative and Developmental Systems

Complex and Diverse Morphologies CanDevelop from a Minimal Genomic Model, JoseDavid Fernndez, Francisco J. Vico, RenDoursat

A Memory Efficient and Continuous-ValuedCompact EDA for Large Scale Problems, SergioRojas-Galeano, Nestor Rodriguez

Best Paper Award: EDA+GDS


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Best Paper Award: EDA+GDSEstimation of Distribution Algorithms

Generative and Developmental Systems

Complex and Diverse Morphologies CanDevelop from a Minimal Genomic Model, JoseDavid Fernndez, Francisco J. Vico, RenDoursat

A Memory Efficient and Continuous-ValuedCompact EDA for Large Scale Problems, SergiRojas-Galeano, Nestor Rodriguez

Best Paper Award: EMO


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Best Paper Award: EMOEvolutionary Multiobjective Optimization

On the Properties of the R2 Indicator, DimoBrockhoff, Tobias Wagner, Heike Trautmann

Lorenz Equilibrium: Equitability in Non-Cooperative Games, Rka Nagy, Mihai Suciu, D.Dumitrescu

Best Paper Award: EMO


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Best Paper Award: EMOEvolutionary Multiobjective Optimization

On the Properties of the R2 Indicator, DimoBrockhoff, Tobias Wagner, Heike Trautmann

Lorenz Equilibrium: Equitability in Non-Cooperative Games, Rka Nagy, Mihai Suciu, DDumitrescu

Best Paper Award: GA


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pGenetic Algorithms

Runtime Analysis of Convex EvolutionarySearch, Alberto Moraglio, Dirk Sudholt

CrossoverSpeeds Up Building-Block

Assembly, Dirk Sudholt

Best Paper Award: GA


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Genetic Algorithms

Runtime Analysis of Convex EvolutionarySearch, Alberto Moraglio, Dirk Sudholt

CrossoverSpeeds Up Building-BlockAssembly, Dirk Sudholt

Best Paper Award: GBML


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Genetics Based Machine Learning

Filtering Sensory Information with XCSF:Improving Learning Robustness and ControlPerformance, Jan Kneissler, Patrick O. Stalph,Jan Drugowitsch, Martin V. Butz

Guided Evolution in XCSF, Patrick O. Stalph,Martin V. Butz

Best Paper Award: GBML


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Genetics Based Machine Learning

Filtering Sensory Information with XCSF:Improving Learning Robustness and ControlPerformance, Jan Kneissler, Patrick O. Stalph,Jan Drugowitsch, Martin V. Butz

Guided Evolution in XCSF, Patrick O. Stalph,Martin V. Butz

Best Paper Award: GP


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Genetic Programming

Symbolic Regression of Multiple-Time-ScaleDynamical Systems, Theodore W. Cornforth,Hod Lipson

Spatial Co-Evolution - Quicker, Fitter and LessBloated, Robin Harper

Best Paper Award: GP


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Genetic Programming

Symbolic Regression of Multiple-Time-ScaleDynamical Systems, Theodore W. Cornforth,Hod Lipson

Spatial Co-Evolution - Quicker, Fitter and LessBloated, Robin Harper

Best Paper Award: IGEC+SS+SBSE


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Best Paper Award: IGEC+SS+SBSEIntegrative Genetic and Evolutionary Computation,

Self-* Search and Search Based Software Engineering

Representations and Operators for ImprovingEvolutionary Software Repair, Claire Le Goues,Westley Wemer, Stephanie Forrest

A Hyper-Heuristic Evolutionary Algorithm forAutomatically Designing Decision-Tree Algorithms,Rodrigo C. Barros, Mrcio P. Basgalupp, Andr C. P.L. F. de Carvalho, Alex A. Freitas

Evolutionary Algorithm for Prioritized Pairwise TestData Generation, Javier Ferrer, Peter Krse,Francisco Chicano, Enrique Alba

Best Paper Award: IGEC+SS+SBSE


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Best Paper Award: IGEC+SS+SBSEIntegrative Genetic and Evolutionary Computation,

Self-* Search and Search Based Software Engineering

Representations and Operators for ImprovingEvolutionary Software Repair, Claire Le Goues,Westley Wemer, Stephanie Forrest

A Hyper-Heuristic Evolutionary Algorithm forAutomatically Designing Decision-Tree AlgorithmsRodrigo C. Barros, Mrcio P. Basgalupp, Andr C. PL. F. de Carvalho, Alex A. Freitas

Evolutionary Algorithm for Prioritized Pairwise TeData Generation, Javier Ferrer, Peter Krse,Francisco Chicano, Enrique Alba

Best Paper Award: RWAR l W ld A li ti


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Real World Applications

Evolving Large Scale UAV CommunicationSystem, Adrian Agogino, Chris Holmes Parker,Kagan Tumer

The Unconstrained Automated Generation ofCell Image Features for Medical Diagnosis,Taras Kowaliw, Wolfgang Banzhaf

Best Paper Award: RWAReal World Applications


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Real World Applications

Evolving Large Scale UAV CommunicationSystem, Adrian Agogino, Chris Holmes Parker,Kagan Tumer

The Unconstrained Automated Generation ofCell Image Features for Medical Diagnosis,Taras Kowaliw, Wolfgang Banzhaf

Best Paper Award: THEORY+ESEP


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Best Paper Award: THEORY+ESEPTheory, Evolutionary Strategies and Evolutionary Programming

A (1+1)-CMA-ES for Constrained Optimization,Dirk V. Arnold, Nikolaus Hansen

Reducing the Arity in Unbiased Black-BoxComplexity, Benjamin Doerr, Carola Winzen

The Choice of the Offspring Population Size inthe (1,) EA, Jonathan E. Rowe, Dirk Sudholt

Best Paper Award: THEORY+ESEP


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Best Paper Award: THEORY+ESEPTheory, Evolutionary Strategies and Evolutionary Programming

A (1+1)-CMA-ES for Constrained OptimizationDirk V. Arnold, Nikolaus Hansen

Reducing the Arity in Unbiased Black-BoxComplexity, Benjamin Doerr, Carola Winzen

The Choice of the Offspring Population Size in

the (1,) EA, Jonathan E. Rowe, Dirk Sudholt

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